30 SEPTEMBER 1916

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The new combined British and French offensive which has yielded

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such splendid results on the Somme began on Monday after a long and terrific bombardment. On that day the British troops took the highly important positions of Morval and Les...

On Tuesday we took Combles in conjunction with the French,

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and —what was less expected—ThiepvaL Thiepval had been a thorn to us since the beginning of the " push." Combles was the scene of the Kaiser's ecstatic joy early in the war,...

On Wednesday the British and French advance continued with excellent

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results. The total number of prisoners taken on Monday and Tuesday was about five thousand. The correspondent of the Times says that since the beginning of July sixty-five...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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/11HE news from France is the best we have had since the begin- ning of the war. Our daily successes in overcoming the most complicated and formidable obstacles ever placed in...

Since the beginning of July not a single German counter-attack

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has succeeded in regaining and holding captured positions for more than a few hours. In some cases counter-attacks have not even been attempted. To conquer the moral of the...

For we have fairly taken the measure of the Germans.

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Our men know that they themselves and their French comrades are better fighting men. The fact is so obvious now that congenital pessimists even begin to wonder at their former...

The hopes of Germany founded on her diversion M the

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Dobrudja seem to have evaporated already. Several Russian divisions joined the Rumanians, and Mackensen was not only checked but driven back more than twelve miles. The report...

The German official report issued on Monday, when the fall

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of Combles and Thiepval was inevitable, was most curious. It said :— " The results which the enemy obtained to the east of Eaucourt- rAbbaye and by the capturing of the...

On Sunday last two French airmen, Captain de Beauchamp@ and

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Lieutenant Daucourt, made a successful flight—two hundred and fifty miles each way—to Essen, the seat of Krupp's works, and returned safely after dropping bombs. The raid is...

Our newspapers have been crowded with narratives and curious information

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during the week about the Zeppelin raids. A visitor who knew nothing of the circumstances of the war might have been persuaded to believe on this evidence that the raids were a...

We have written fully elsewhere of the grave crisis which

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has overtaken Greece owing to the aimed incredibly mistaken policy which has been pursued at Athens. The source and origin of the ,hole trouble has been the denial to the Greek...

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The Committee appointed to inquire. into Iluaocial Facilitiea for Trade,

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with Lord Faringclon. as Chairman, have issued their-Report. The most noteworthy.of their reccuor3lations relates to the estab- li shment of a British Trade Bank, cc uted under...

Now that the military might of the Germans is rapidly

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declining, the corresponding body of critics in the Central Powers are dis- covering (as they think) that there is some evil genius who has .pereonally caused emir failure....

s peaking to Volunteers at. Liverpool on Wednesday, Lord French said

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- that if the war went on the-time might come when the Volunteers would be made responsible for home defence. It was time that - this was said, and we are extremely glad that...

According to the New York Tribune, quotedin Monday's Times, a

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final effort by Germany is on.foot ter persuade President Wilson to offer; mediation to encithe war. ,The.Tribune deals very plainly with this latest peace intrigue, and...

The Morning Post of Tuesday contained a summary of a

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remark- , able speech by M. Lovaszy in the Hungarian Parliament. M. Lovaszy is not one of those disgruntled extremists. who. might be expected to attack the policy of their...

The Report, for the year ended March' 31st; of the

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Commissioners of Police and Directors of Convict Prisons notes a great decrease • in the prison population—the total being 64,160 as compared with 114,883 in the - previous...

The demand of the Hungarian Opposition that Count. Burian shall

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be succeeded by Count Andrassy as Austro-Hungarian Minister ' ef' Foreign Affairs, the bitter attacks on Connt Burian as being responsible for Rumania " going wrong," the...

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The place at which the other Zeppelin landed with her

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crew uninjured was still further away from London, and, owing to the ship not being on fire, the first thing that was known of the disaster was the appearance of the officer,...

Before some of our readers see these words they will

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have put back their clocks an hour. In spite of the pressure of news worth recording in this chronicle, we must seize the occasion to salute here the passing of the national...

In truth, the only thing that the Germans have done

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has been to teach us how to get the mastery of the Zeppelin. This they have done most successfully. The exact methods by which this mastery has now been obtained is the secret...

The German theory, which has been very gravely impressed on

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the nation, is that Britain lies cowering under the menace of the Zeppelins, and that her moral is destroyed by that deadly menace. As a matter of fact, as we all know, London...

Bank Rate, 6 per cent., changed from 5 per cent.

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July 13th

The past week has been one of unsuccessful air raids

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on the part of the Germans and very successful counterstrokes by us. The first air raid took place on the night of Saturday, September 23rd, and in the early hours of Sunday,...

No attempt was made to approach London. "The raiders," states

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Lord French's official report, "were engaged by anti-aircraft defences, and were successfully driven off from several large industrial centres." Unless the killing of some sixty...

The fall of the Zeppelin was again greeted with shouts

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and cheers of delight, but owing to the ship falling at a much greater distance from London, the sightseers were not so numerous, nor had they so good a view. The scene,...

The second air raid, which took place late on Monday

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or in the early hours of Tuesday, was carried out by seven airships, and the districts attacked were the South Coast, the East Coast, the North-East Coast, and the North...

On Wednesday the Treasury made the important announcement that a

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new issue will be made soon of Exchequer Bonds bearing six per cent. interest. The five per cent. Bonds maturing on October 5th, 1919, are no longer on sale. The object of the...

During last Saturday and Sunday's raid there were many incidents

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both humorous and picturesque. Though the second Zeppelin to be brought down in flames did not secure quite so splendid a setting as the first, it was seen by a very large...

In the case of the burnt airship the whole crew

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perished and the great structure was reduced to a mass of twisted metal. The second airship alighted without doing herself any very great injury, and the crew gave themselves up...

The death-roll in the first raid, considering the large number

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of airships at work, the amount of country covered, and the quantity of bombs dropped, cannot be described as large. Thirty-eight persons were killed—twenty-three men, twelve...

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M. VENIZELOS AND KING CONSTANTINE.

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"-Whoever is blessed with a true public spirit, God will certainly put it into his way to make use of that blessing for the ends it was given him, by some means or other. .And...

TOPICS OF THE -.DAY.

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THE FALL-- OF ' COMBLES AND THIEPVAL. IR DOUGLAS IIAIG'S battle plans unrol themselves like ,117 some mighty piece of music. There. is a majestic development and rhythmic...

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PREPARATION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PEACE.

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O NE of the regions in which when the war ceases we shall want to have peace and not chaos is that of the Constitution.- At present that noblest work of time, accident, and the...

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A VOLUNTEER ON GUARD. H AVE you got a good night

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for guard duty?" This question, asked by one Volunteer of another, might seem cryptic to an outsider. Does it refer to the convenience to the sentry of the appointed night in...

THE PETTY OFFICIAL.

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A CONSIDERABLE section of the public has been startled by the revelations of the methods employed by the Army Clothing Department at Pimlico; but those who have watched the ways...

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WHAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DOING.

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IA THAT the Public Schools are doing would appear to be, judging by much that is said and written, a matter of public ignorance. What their "old boys" have done, are doing, and...

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111E PSALTER.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—r011 may think the passage sulkiined worth printing. I take it from the Southern Churchman (pu cd at Richmond, Virginia) for August...

CANON RASHDALL'S REPLY TO LORD HUGH CECIL [To THE EDITOR

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OF THE " SPECTATOR:'] S12,—As my letter to you upon the proposed Church Council was accused of haste, I have taken time to consider my reply to the ex- tremely temperate and...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE NEED OF Y.M.C.A. WORKERS. [To THE EDITOR OF TOE " SPECTATOR.") 131R,—There can be no doubt that during the next winter the numerous Y.M.C.A. Huts in Franco will be...

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ASTRONOMY AT THE FRONT: A LUNAR CALENDAR IN THE MEMORY.

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(To Tar •Eorros or THE " erserma., Sm,—Mr. Maunder's mention of the use of the moon for bearings (Spec. tator, August 19th, p. 215) is a reminder of the unusual importance of...

GENERAL VON BERNHARDL

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(To Tali EDITOR or " sescrAroa'7 STS, —The other day I came across rather an interesting incident which links one of the prominent personages of this war to the Franco-German...

IRELAND AND MILITARY SERVICE.

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[To ma EDITOE ON TES "SPECTATOR." TIE,—I do not know whether you will allow views which differ from your own to be published, but I protest against your statement in last...

" THE INDIVIDUALITY OF ST. PAUL " (To TSB EDITOR 07

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TER " SPECTATOR:1 em,—Your review of. Mr. Straehan's book bearing this title (September 2nd) brought to mind what has seemed to me, and doubtless to others, a difficulty in...

111E NATIONAL MISSION OF REPENTANCE AND HOPE [To TEE EDITIM.

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or THE " SPECTATOR."' Sur, Within the next few weeks the Anglican Church will be entering upon its National Mission of Repentance and Hope. The reason for entering upon that...

Byfidd.

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" THE PROBLEM SOLVED. What, die I—and like the soulless dog forget That I have lived ? go out in nothingness, And lose my very self—soon to be less Than yonder worm ! to tread...

WHY SERMONS ARE DULL

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[To TES Forma or rue " Sesorareal SIR,— Browning labia unique way has surely given the final and sufficient answer to the question why sermons are so often futile, and therefore...

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LIMERICKS.

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[To THE Emma 01 THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your review of the Daily Express's Book of Limericks omits to mention the late George Du Maurier's delightful Vera Nonsensigues d rusage...

GOVERNMENT SPENDING DEPARTMENTS. [To TIM EDITOR or TIM " SPIOTAT011.1

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Sin,—The letter of " W. M. G." in your issue of the 23rd inst. has struck me as applying forcibly to the Statutory Committee under the Naval and Military Pensions Act. The...

AN ITALIAN SOLDIER'S LETTER.

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[To THE EDITOR ON THI " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —The following letter addressed to a bountiful lady who presides over a hospital and convalescent home in the North of Italy is...

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.,

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Em,—Many thanks for the " Limerick " quotations. Perhaps the most complete one I know is the one about the old lady of Perth :- "There was an old lady of Perth Who was born on...

PROVERBS.

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ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your reviewer who wrote concerning proverbs in your last issue may like to hear the two following, both of which come " from below."...

THE STUDY OF GREEK.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sm,—In your issue of September 2nd, under the heading " The Study of Greek," " Recluse " -mentions Bishop Caldwell's acknowledgment of " a...

THE AGENDA CLUB.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STR, — Some years ago there was a good deal of correspondence in the Spectator about the "Agenda Club." As a very young subaltern I was...

DARKENING CHURCH WINDOWS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The problem presented by the above national requirement is not so hopeless as it at first appeared to some in positions of...

"ADHUC SUB JUDICE."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sec,—In the course of a long life I have come across many curious cases of Sorters (not only, or even usually, Vergilianae), but not many...

THE HERMIT OF PRAGUE.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a paragraph in your paper of last week you remark that the hermit of Prague in Twelfth Night " very wittily " said : " That that is...

WATER-DIVINING AT SUVLA BAY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was well aware that Sir W. F. Barrett was a believer in the "dowser," and there is no more distinguished name in the list of his...

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THE G.F.S. AND THE SINGLE-HANDED.

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ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 pat,—I wonder if the writer of the article "Single-Handed" has ever heard of the Girls' Friendly Society. There lies the solution of the...

BOOKS.

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NAPOLEON.* LOCKHART'S History of Napoleon Buonaparte, which has now been republished, was written, eight years after Napoleon's death. The book is eminently creditable to its...

THE SCOTTISH WOMEN'S SERBIAN HOSPITAL FUND. WE have received the

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following subscriptions to the above Fund :— £ s. d. J. W. Garnett, Esq. .. 10 0 0 Mrs. Dorothea Webb .. 5 0 0 Mrs. C. M. Garnett .. 5 0 0 L. C. Cholmeley, Eaq... 5 0 0...

A " VIA SACRA."

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(To THE EDITOR 01' THE " Srsersamt."1 tint,—With reference to your oorrespondent's letter suggesting the planting of a forest along the via sacra, would it not be possible to...

HUMBUG.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SrEersxos.1 Sin,—You may find the following quotation of interest, in spite of its probably false etymology. It is from Isaac Taylor's Words and Phrases,...

INDUSTRY AND MOTHERHOOD.

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(To THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The Women's Industrial Council is undertaking an inquiry into occupations and conditions of occupations likely to prove injurious to...

POETRY.

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A SOLDIER'S MOTHER. JUST nineteen years ago The birthday of her boy, The whole world seemed too small To hold her joy. To-day he died in France A comrade's life to save, And...

NOTICE—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the scriter:s name

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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communi- cated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

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MR. ROOSEVELT AND THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY.* Tan uppermost feeling of

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every Englishman who reads Mr. Roosevelt's speeches and letters in The Progressive Party' ought to be, and we are sure will be, one of deep gratitude. Mr. Roo sevelt has said...

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EN LIAISON AVEC LES ANGLALS. ,

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CAPTAIN PHILIPPE MILLET has written a notable book in his En Liaison armies Anglais. Those who know the gallant officer in question will not be surprised, for he has all the...

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FAITH OR FEAR 1° Fry]; writers have made " an

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appeal to the Church of England," pub. Hsiang together in one volume under the title of Faith or Fear Y They are all members of the National Church, all greatly alarmed for her...

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FICTION.

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TILE PRISONER.• STAY-AT-NOMB readers, who have never visited the United States, are constantly having their eyes opened to the variety of American life, and finding themselves...

THE WAR AND THE SOUL.• Ma. R. J. CAMPBELL'S métier

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is to be a popularizer. He can come down to any one's level and bring everything else with him. He sets to with his facile pen to popularize the universe ; if he could, he would...

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Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick. By the Rev.

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C. H. Dick. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—Most English people, as Mr. Dick says very truly, know nothing of Galloway except through the novels...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Notice in thie column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Rest Days. By Hutton Webster. (Macmillan and Co. 12a. 6d. net.) —This is a very solid piece of research...

READABLE NovEr.s.—Given in Marriage. By B. M. Croker. (Hutch- been

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and Co. Os.)—As is usual with Mrs. Croker, the half of the book in which the scene is laid in India is better reading than the later part which passes in England.—Dead Men's...

The Ebbing Tide. By Viscount Haldane. (Mills and Boon. 6d.)—

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Under a somewhat misleading title, Lord Haldane has reprinted the speech which he made in the House of Lords on July 19th last, on the importance of more thorough educational...

Women's Plate in the World.—A reprint of an address by

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Sir Dye. Duckworth to the Women's Diocesan Association (Jerrold and Sons, 6d. net), in which the eminent physician utters a warning to all those who are striving to place women...

The Navy of the Restoration. By A. W. Tedder. (Cambridge

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Uni- versity Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—This scholarly essay on the Navy from 1660 to 1667 brings out clearly the decisive influence exercised by Admiral Mountagu at a critical moment...

The Man-Power of the 21ation. By Alexander Richardson. (Engineer- ing.

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ls. net.)—This pamphlet is a collection of articles reprinted from Engineering on the problems of industrial efficiency. The author shows practical knowledge and good sense in...

The Future of South America. By Roger W. Babson. (Duckworth

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sad Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This book is written by a shrewd American business man for the benefit of American merchants and manufacturers, who apparently know much less about South...